AC 8864 - "I am Jehovah thy God" (Exodus 20:2)

AC 8864
I am Jehovah thy God.
(Exodus 20:2)
That this signifies the Lord as to the Divine Human
universally reigning in each and all things of good and truth,
is evident from the fact that in the Word
no other than the Lord is meant by "Jehovah" . . .
that the Lord is called "Jehovah" from the Divine good,
which is the Divine Being,
but "God" from the Divine truth,
which is the Divine Coming-forth.
That it is the Divine Human of the Lord
which is here meant by "Jehovah God,"

[2] That the Divine Human of the Lord
is meant by "Jehovah God,"
is because the Divine Itself
which is in the Lord
cannot be seen in heaven, and not even perceived,
thus cannot be received in faith and love,
but the Divine Human only.
That the Divine Itself cannot
be communicated to the angels in heaven,
and still less to men on earth,
except through the Divine Human,
is known in the churches
from the words of the Lord in the Evangelists,
where He says that He is the "door,"
that He is the "mediator,"
that "no one can come to the Father but through Him,"
that "no one knows the Father but He,"
and that "no one hath seen the Father,"
not even any "shape" of Him.
From this it is plain that it is the Lord
who is here meant by "Jehovah God."
That it is He also who redeemed the human race
and liberated it from hell
is likewise known.
This is signified by the words which follow:
"who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of servants."
From all this it is now plain
that Jehovah God who spoke from Mount Sinai
denotes the Lord as to the Divine Human.

[3] That this is the first thing
which is said by the Lord from Mount Sinai,
is because this ought to reign universally
in each and all things that follow;
for what is said first
must be kept in the memory in the things that follow,
and must be regarded as the universal thing that is in them.
. . . The things said by the Lord are all of this nature,
namely, that the things said first
are to reign in the things which follow,
and are to involve them,
and so successively the things that follow in the series.
The things which follow in this chapter
are the commandments of the Decalogue,
which are internal truths,
and then the statutes,
which are external truths.
In both of these the Lord must reign as to the Divine Human,
for they are from Him, and are Himself,
because all truths that are truths proceed from Him,
and the things which proceed from Him are Himself.
That the Lord as to the Divine Human
must reign in each and all things of faith,
is also known in the churches, for it is there taught
that without the Lord there is no salvation,
and that all the truth and good of faith are from Him.
Thus as He is the source of faith,
He is the faith with a person,
and if the faith, He is also every truth
that is contained in the doctrine of faith,
which is from the Word.
From this also it is that the Lord is called "the Word."